Combined mop-head and wringer.



No. 787,708. PATENTED APR. 18, 1905.'

J. W. WALTERS. COMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1904.

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JOHN W. WALTERS, OF WEBSTER CITY, IOWA COMBINED MOP-HEAD AND WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 787,708, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed April 25, 1904. Serial No. 204,724.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. WALTERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Webster City, in the county of Hamilton and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Mop-Head and Wringer, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined mop-head and wringer of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the mop-head and a portion of the handle to which it is attached. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device as shown in Fig. 1 looking toward the left side of the mop-head. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the right side of the mop-head. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the mop-head and a portion of the handle, and Fig. 5 is a detail View of the pin upon which the spring is mounted for holding the rollers in engagement with each other.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that there is a frame, comprising a forward portion 10, side portions 11 and 12, and the rear portions 13 and 14, and the extension to these rear portions 15 and 16, respectively, which is designed to be secured to the lower end of the mop-handle 17 by means' of the bolts 18 and 19. The frame is made of a single piece of metal so shaped as to be adapted for the use hereinafter described. The forward portion 10 connects the sides 11 and 12 and is substantially at right angles to said sides.

Rotatably mounted adjacent to the forward portion 10 andin the sides 11 and 12 is the roller 20, having the cog-wheel 21 at the left end thereof and outside of the said portion 11. The left end 22 of the shaft upon which the roller is mounted extends a slight distance outside of the side 12 and is squared to receive the crank 23, which is designed to be used in the rotating of said roller. This crank may or may not be detachably connected with the squared portion of the shaft upon which the roller 20 is mounted.

Pivotally attached to the sides 11 and 12 and between them is the roller-supporting frame, having the sides 24 and 25 therein and having the rear portions 26 and 27 and the rounded extension 28 at the rear ends thereof. Said roller-supporting frame is made, preferably, of a single piece of metal, the shape of which is clearly disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2.

Rotatably. mounted between the forward end of the sides 24 and 25 of the roller-supporting frame is a roller 29, having the cogwheel 30 on the portion of its shaft which is outside of the side 11 of the frame and in mesh with the cog-wheel 21, so arranged that as the roller 20 is rotated the roller 29 will be rotated in the opposite direction.

Pivotally mounted between the sides of the projection 28 and depending from the said projection is a pin 31, which passes loosely through an opening at the lower portion of the handle. The upper portion of the pin 31 is screw-threaded at 32 and has the nut. 33 on said screw-threaded portion. Mounted between the nut 33 and the upper portion of the handle is the spring 34, designed to force the pin 31 upwardly, and thus cause the roller 29 to be forced into engagement with the roller 20. The tension of the spring 34 is increased or diminished, so as to force the roller 29 against the roller 20 with a greater or less amount of pressure as the nut is screwed toward or away from said spring. I preferably provide the catch 35 for holding the handle in position when the mop is not in use.

In practical operation a fabric 36 is placed between the rollers 20 and 29. By placing one end of the fabric in engagement with said rollers and turning the crank 23 the fabric will be drawn into position between these rollers. The fabric is then dipped into a pail of water. When it has been removed, the

crank is first turned in one direction and then another until the fabric is wrung out by these rollers rotating in opposite directions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is

a pin pivotally attachedto the upper portion I of the pivoted frame and passing loosely through the handle and aooiled spring on said pin between the handle and the pivoted frame.

JOHN W. WALTERS.

Witnesses:

EZRA EDWARDS, W. M. MALONE. 

